Blue Jackets vs. Sabres (Nov 6, 2026)

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Blue Jackets CBJ

7-7-0

5-5-0 in Last 10

Sabres BUF

7-5-3

5-2-3 in Last 10

Preview

Blue Jackets

Sabres

Predictions

Notes

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Predictions

Lines as of 6:24 PM

BUF 62%

Now

38% CBJ

CBJ BUF

+163

-167

o6.5

+111

u6.5

-113

+1.5

-160

-1.5

+153

o6.0

Open

-169

Open

O. Zellweger Over 1.5 Shots on Goal -127

R. Dahlin Over 2.5 Shots on Goal -106

Forward Matchup

K. Johnson

CBJ C #91

T. Thompson

BUF C #72

Goals

Points

Shots on Goal

Defenseman Matchup

Z. Werenski

CBJ D #8

O. Power

BUF D #25

Points

Blocks

Hits

Goalie Matchup

C. Talbot

CBJ G #33

U. Luukkonen

BUF G #1

Wins

.911

Save Pct

.874

2.44

Goals Against Avg

3.40

CBJ

Team Stats

BUF

2.57

Goals per Game

2.93

Goals Against per Game

3.33

25.79

Shots per Game

27.87

27.93

Shots Against per Game

27.27

16.2

Power Play Pct

16.3

73.2

Penalty Kill Pct

69.8

.893

Save Pct

.878

CBJ

Injuries

BUF

Isac Lundestrom

Out (Achilles)

Konsta Helenius

Out (Upper-body)

Justin Danforth

Out (Upper-Body)

Alex Lyon

Out (Upper-body)

Matt Grzelcyk

Out (Lower-Body)

2026-27 Metropolitan Division

CBJBUF

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	13	3	2	28	26
Devils	11	5	0	22	10
Rangers	9	7	1	19	2
Capitals	8	6	0	16	1
Islanders	7	6	2	16	-1
Blue Jackets	7	7	0	14	-4
Penguins	5	9	2	12	-7
Flyers	4	10	4	12	-22

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Bruins	12	4	1	25	24
Canadiens	10	3	3	23	6
Lightning	10	3	2	22	10
Senators	10	6	1	21	2
Panthers	9	5	2	20	5
Maple Leafs	8	7	2	18	6
Sabres	7	5	3	17	-7
Red Wings	7	7	3	17	-3

CBJ

Last 5

BUF

Thu, Nov 5

Wed, Nov 4

Tue, Nov 3

Sat, Oct 31

Sat, Oct 31

Thu, Oct 29

Thu, Oct 29

Tue, Oct 27

Tue, Oct 27

Sat, Oct 24

Game Info

November 6, 2026

ESPN+

KeyBank Center

Buffalo, New York

Referees Garrett Rank, Michael Markovic

Linesmen James Tobias, Brandon Grillo

First Goal Scorer

Yes No

T. Thompson +809

J. Quinn +1150

A. Fantilli +1233

Z. Benson +1329

N. Ostlund +1438

Goals

Line Over Under

A. Fantilli 0.5 +245 -270

B. Malenstyn 0.5 +1011 -3746

C. Coyle 0.5 +344 -400

C. Garland 0.5 +567 -590

C. Sillinger 0.5 +545 -590

Points

Line Over Under

T. Thompson 1.5 +217 -228

A. Fantilli 0.5 -113 +104

C. Coyle 0.5 -104 -106

C. Garland 0.5 +208 -223

C. Sillinger 0.5 +199 -277

Assists

Line Over Under

R. Dahlin 2.5 +1150

Z. Benson 2.5 +113

Z. Werenski 2.5 +900

A. Fantilli 0.5 +186 -199

C. Coyle 0.5 +178 -213

Shots on Goal

Line Over Under

T. Thompson 4.5 +186

A. Fantilli 2.5 -111 +100

J. Quinn 2.5 -104 -106

R. Dahlin 2.5 -106 +102

Z. Benson 2.5 +133 -150

Power Play Points

Line Over Under

A. Fantilli 0.5 +270

C. Coyle 0.5 +326

J. Quinn 0.5 +223

K. Johnson 0.5 +257

M. Knies 0.5 +300

Saves

Line Over Under

J. Greaves 25.5 -104 -115

U. Luukkonen 23.5 +120 -150

U. Luukkonen 22.5 -115 -106

Team Leaders

K. Johnson

Z. Werenski

GWG

K. Johnson

SV%

.911

C. Talbot

Season

Career vs BUF

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Kent Johnson K. Johnson	14	7	7	14	+2	6	1	2	2	2	29	24.1	0	1	0.0	7	7	2	16	17:55
Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	14	1	12	13	+8	0	0	3	0	0	41	2.4	0	0	0	8	31	6	32	28:34
Charlie Coyle C. Coyle	14	3	10	13	+3	8	1	3	0	0	26	11.5	122	236	51.7	18	9	6	15	19:59
Valeri Nichushkin V. Nichushkin	14	2	6	8	-1	2	0	2	0	0	19	10.5	2	5	40.0	26	10	2	17	16:33
Cole Sillinger C. Sillinger	14	4	4	8	+1	8	0	0	0	0	22	18.2	19	31	61.3	33	7	7	13	15:42
Matthew Knies M. Knies	14	2	4	6	-1	4	1	0	1	0	20	10.0	3	7	42.9	24	2	3	11	18:08
Adam Fantilli A. Fantilli	14	4	2	6	+2	4	1	0	1	1	45	8.9	133	222	59.9	32	13	7	17	20:58
Damon Severson D. Severson	12	2	4	6	+7	6	0	0	0	0	7	28.6	0	0	0	2	20	2	17	22:44
Mathieu Olivier M. Olivier	14	3	3	6	+1	27	0	0	0	0	26	11.5	3	4	75.0	42	7	2	4	15:29
Denton Mateychuk D. Mateychuk	14	4	2	6	-2	6	0	0	0	0	27	14.8	0	0	0	3	23	4	18	22:38
Sean Monahan S. Monahan	14	1	4	5	-4	4	1	0	0	0	15	6.7	121	228	53.1	8	7	5	7	16:37
Jake Christiansen J. Christiansen	13	2	2	4	-2	6	0	0	1	0	9	22.2	0	0	0	16	13	3	10	13:43
Dmitri Voronkov D. Voronkov	9	0	2	2	-2	6	0	1	0	0	9	0.0	0	1	0.0	12	2	2	2	10:03
Erik Gudbranson E. Gudbranson	12	0	1	1	-9	7	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	0	0	0	12	24	0	12	15:31
Conor Garland C. Garland	14	0	1	1	-4	4	0	1	0	0	15	0.0	0	2	0.0	18	3	4	19	13:35
Ivan Provorov I. Provorov	3	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	7	14.3	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	21:44
Dante Fabbro D. Fabbro	5	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	4	8	1	3	14:00
Ryan Lomberg R. Lomberg	14	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	18	0.0	0	2	0.0	23	0	2	1	8:27
Luca Del Bel Belluz L. Del Bel Belluz	8	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	11	34	32.4	8	3	4	3	7:40

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Cam Talbot C. Talbot	8	7	5	2	0	203	185	.911	18	2.44	0	443
	Jet Greaves J. Greaves	8	7	2	5	0	180	159	.883	21	3.11	1	405

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Charlie Coyle C. Coyle	39	10	17	27	+10	6	3	3	1	4	1	82	12.2	211	406	52.0	36	17	21	16	16:58
Sean Monahan S. Monahan	27	10	15	25	+3	4	1	6	0	1	1	51	19.6	230	423	54.4	10	5	15	13	17:12
Ivan Provorov I. Provorov	34	6	15	21	+10	12	1	3	0	1	1	75	8.0	0	0	0	39	53	11	28	24:12
Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	23	2	19	21	+10	4	1	5	0	1	0	56	3.6	0	0	0	2	26	11	18	23:55
Damon Severson D. Severson	35	3	15	18	+8	30	0	2	0	0	0	64	4.7	0	0	0	29	28	8	15	20:14
Valeri Nichushkin V. Nichushkin	15	5	9	14	+6	2	1	2	0	1	0	31	16.1	2	2	100.0	15	3	7	3	16:27
Conor Garland C. Garland	14	5	6	11	-1	4	2	2	0	1	1	35	14.3	1	2	50.0	8	5	5	10	16:11
Matthew Knies M. Knies	12	3	7	10	+1	2	1	0	0	1	0	20	15.0	0	1	0.0	20	3	8	6	16:44
Kent Johnson K. Johnson	13	3	4	7	+2	4	1	1	0	0	0	23	13.0	2	2	100.0	2	1	2	4	14:18
Cole Sillinger C. Sillinger	15	3	3	6	-6	4	0	0	0	0	0	22	13.6	48	110	43.6	18	7	7	6	15:01
Erik Gudbranson E. Gudbranson	33	2	3	5	+2	27	0	0	0	0	0	38	5.3	0	0	0	65	49	5	16	17:52
Adam Fantilli A. Fantilli	9	4	1	5	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	22	18.2	62	108	57.4	25	6	1	5	17:40
Mathieu Olivier M. Olivier	9	3	1	4	+2	18	0	0	0	0	0	12	25.0	0	3	0.0	29	2	4	6	12:56
Isac Lundestrom I. Lundestrom	11	1	3	4	+3	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	12.5	50	101	49.5	7	4	1	2	15:13
Dmitri Voronkov D. Voronkov	8	2	2	4	-2	6	1	1	0	0	0	14	14.3	19	42	45.2	13	7	2	4	14:02
Denton Mateychuk D. Mateychuk	6	1	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	11.1	0	0	0	3	10	1	6	22:01
Dante Fabbro D. Fabbro	12	0	2	2	-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	16	0.0	0	0	0	9	20	5	6	17:46
Steven Lorentz S. Lorentz	11	1	1	2	-3	2	0	0	0	1	0	11	9.1	18	33	54.5	20	1	1	3	11:03
Jake Christiansen J. Christiansen	7	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	8	9	1	5	12:31
Ryan Lomberg R. Lomberg	13	1	0	1	+1	16	1	0	0	0	0	19	5.3	1	4	25.0	36	2	3	1	10:22
Luca Del Bel Belluz L. Del Bel Belluz	1	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	12	50.0	0	1	0	2	14:38

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Cam Talbot C. Talbot	8	7	2	3	2	219	194	.886	25	3.68	0	408
	Jet Greaves J. Greaves	5	5	4	1	0	161	148	.919	13	2.59	0	301

Team Leaders

T. Thompson

Z. Benson

GWG

O. Power

SV%

.891

C. Ellis

Season

Career vs CBJ

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	15	10	8	18	+6	6	2	3	0	0	1	0	65	15.4	75	172	43.6	10	9	3	16	19:26
Zach Benson Z. Benson	15	2	12	14	+11	12	0	3	0	1	1	0	36	5.6	4	13	30.8	18	9	4	14	19:59
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	15	8	6	14	+2	11	2	4	1	0	0	0	41	19.5	2	3	66.7	11	3	1	16	19:21
Owen Power O. Power	15	2	9	11	+4	6	0	0	0	0	2	2	19	10.5	0	0	0	4	17	9	27	26:38
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	15	4	5	9	+3	6	2	1	0	0	1	0	37	10.8	48	138	34.8	2	5	1	14	19:04
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	12	2	7	9	+4	8	1	4	0	0	0	0	35	5.7	0	0	0	19	16	5	19	24:38
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	15	2	7	9	+2	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	21	9.5	0	0	0	12	29	7	15	23:55
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	15	1	7	8	+3	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	12.5	27	60	45.0	31	4	1	8	13:41
Olen Zellweger O. Zellweger	14	3	3	6	-1	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	28	10.7	0	0	0	3	13	4	11	20:04
Jiri Kulich J. Kulich	8	1	2	3	+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	11.1	28	55	50.9	7	3	0	3	13:10
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	15	1	2	3	-7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	7.7	80	157	51.0	5	4	5	13	14:56
Konsta Helenius K. Helenius	11	1	2	3	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	8.3	1	8	12.5	11	4	1	11	13:00
Josh Norris J. Norris	15	2	1	3	-6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	12.5	73	142	51.4	18	14	0	6	14:14
Josh Doan J. Doan	15	2	1	3	-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	7.7	2	5	40.0	18	8	5	16	15:29
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	15	0	2	2	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	4	7	57.1	59	13	5	7	11:02
Zach Metsa Z. Metsa	13	0	2	2	-2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	0	0	0	1	13	1	6	12:06
Sam Carrick S. Carrick	7	0	1	1	-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	12	24	50.0	18	1	1	2	7:48
Louis Crevier L. Crevier	15	0	1	1	-4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0.0	0	0	0	16	19	3	18	12:52
Jason Zucker J. Zucker	6	1	0	1	-3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	9.1	0	0	0	7	2	1	3	11:53
Tyson Kozak T. Kozak	7	1	0	1	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0	17	45	37.8	10	5	1	0	11:07
Matt Grzelcyk M. Grzelcyk	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14:27
Justin Danforth J. Danforth	6	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	20	40	50.0	3	2	1	2	9:09

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	10	9	4	3	3	261	228	.874	33	3.40	0	582
	Colten Ellis C. Ellis	6	6	3	2	0	147	131	.891	16	2.92	1	329

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	20	5	14	19	+1	8	0	7	0	46	10.9	0	0	0	24	22	6	9	22:49
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	17	11	6	17	-6	6	4	1	1	68	16.2	76	156	48.7	11	12	5	11	17:17
Jason Zucker J. Zucker	22	4	5	9	-5	6	1	1	0	46	8.7	7	14	50.0	27	14	7	12	16:47
Josh Doan J. Doan	7	6	1	7	+2	0	0	0	1	20	30.0	1	3	33.3	4	2	6	8	16:00
Owen Power O. Power	12	1	6	7	+1	4	0	1	0	17	5.9	0	0	0	2	17	1	14	22:02
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	11	4	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	27	14.8	3	6	50.0	10	1	3	8	16:29
Zach Benson Z. Benson	10	0	6	6	0	4	0	0	0	17	0.0	0	0	0	8	7	4	7	16:39
Josh Norris J. Norris	8	0	5	5	+2	2	0	1	0	17	0.0	56	110	50.9	11	7	1	3	17:57
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	15	3	2	5	-3	6	0	1	1	16	18.8	53	113	46.9	25	5	6	10	13:47
Matt Grzelcyk M. Grzelcyk	18	1	3	4	-1	6	0	0	1	25	4.0	0	0	0	11	19	2	11	18:46
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	12	2	2	4	+4	0	0	0	0	12	16.7	53	134	39.6	3	5	1	13	15:31
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	12	1	3	4	-3	4	0	0	0	20	5.0	0	0	0	13	16	0	6	19:39
Conor Timmins C. Timmins	6	0	2	2	-2	0	0	1	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	4	9	1	4	18:19
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	4	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	9	19	47.4	1	1	1	1	13:02
Jiri Kulich J. Kulich	5	1	1	2	-3	0	0	0	0	11	9.1	27	56	48.2	2	3	0	1	15:31
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	11	0	1	1	-4	2	0	0	0	14	0.0	1	5	20.0	37	7	1	2	11:26
Tyson Kozak T. Kozak	1	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	5	8	62.5	2	0	0	1	9:38
Olen Zellweger O. Zellweger	4	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	2	6	1	4	16:48
Konsta Helenius K. Helenius	1	1	0	1	+2	0	0	0	0	2	50.0	0	1	0.0	2	0	0	0	15:09
Sam Carrick S. Carrick	16	0	0	0	-5	19	0	0	0	12	0.0	61	115	53.0	18	1	3	12	10:57
Louis Crevier L. Crevier	5	0	0	0	-4	2	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	4	14	1	3	15:45
Zach Metsa Z. Metsa	3	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	14:02

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	6	5	3	3	0	142	121	.852	21	3.81	0	331
Alex Lyon A. Lyon	3	2	1	0	1	78	74	.949	4	1.52	1	158
Colten Ellis C. Ellis	1	1	1	0	0	37	37	1.000	0	0.00	1	60

Blue Jackets in action against the Sabres after shootout win

The Associated Press

Nov 6, 2026

Columbus Blue Jackets (7-7, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Buffalo Sabres (7-5-3, in the Atlantic Division)

Buffalo, New York; Friday, 7 p.m. EST

LINE: Sabres -178, Blue Jackets +144; over/under is 6.5

BOTTOM LINE: The Columbus Blue Jackets visit the Buffalo Sabres after the Blue Jackets defeated the Dallas Stars 2-1 in a shootout.

Buffalo is 7-5-3 overall and 3-4-0 in home games. The Sabres have a -6 scoring differential, with 44 total goals scored and 50 given up.

Columbus has a 1-4-0 record in road games and a 7-7 record overall. The Blue Jackets have given up 42 goals while scoring 36 for a -6 scoring differential.

The matchup Friday is the second meeting between these teams this season. The Blue Jackets won 6-3 in the previous meeting. Matthew Knies led the Blue Jackets with two goals.

TOP PERFORMERS: Tage Thompson has scored 10 goals with eight assists for the Sabres. Zachary Benson has two goals and 11 assists over the last 10 games.

Kent Johnson has seven goals and seven assists for the Blue Jackets. Denton Mateychuk has scored four goals with one assist over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Sabres: 5-2-3, averaging 3.3 goals, six assists, 4.4 penalties and 10.2 penalty minutes while giving up 3.1 goals per game.

Blue Jackets: 5-5-0, averaging 2.4 goals, 4.5 assists, 3.2 penalties and eight penalty minutes while giving up 2.6 goals per game.

INJURIES: Sabres: Matt Grzelcyk: out (lower-body), Konsta Helenius: out (upper-body), Justin Danforth: out (upper-body), Alex Lyon: out (upper-body), Jack Rathbone: out (undisclosed).

Blue Jackets: Isac Lundestrom: out (achilles).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Blue Jackets CBJ

Sabres BUF

Predictions

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2026-27 Metropolitan Division

Last 5

Game Info

First Goal Scorer

Goals

Points

Assists

Shots on Goal

Power Play Points

Saves

Blue Jackets in action against the Sabres after shootout win

Players Mentioned

Matt Grzelcyk

Alex Lyon

Tage Thompson

Jack Rathbone

Isac Lundestrom

Kent Johnson

Matthew Knies

Justin Danforth